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      <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> For 18.12, the ofbiz-framework trunk and ofbiz-plugins trunk the minimum requirement you need installed is Java 11 JDK.</li>
      <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> Apache OFBiz can be downloaded and run on both Unix based and Windows based systems</li>
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                 <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If you are running an older release or branch then please refer to <a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Home" target="external" >our Wiki</a> for details</p>
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    <h3>1. Using a Download Mirror</h3>
    <p>Download your required version from one of our <a href="download.html">download mirrors</a> and extract the zip file </p>
    <h3>2. Checkout the Source Code</h3>
    <p>Checkout the source code from the repository</p>
    <p>Anyone can checkout or <a href="#DevRepo">browse the source code</a> in the OFBiz GitHub repositories.</p>
    <p>To checkout the source code, simply use the following commands (if you are using a GUI client, configure it appropriately).</p>
    <p>We have split OFBiz into ofbiz-framework and ofbiz-plugins, so if you want to use the ofbiz-plugins you need to checkout both trunks.</p>
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  <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <strong>ofbiz-framework trunk</strong> : <code>$ git clone https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework.git ofbiz-framework </code></li>
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  <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <strong>branch release18.12 (stable)</strong>: <code>$ git clone https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework.git ofbiz-framework</code></li>
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      <br>Note that you need to add "release"in the name  before, like in "release18.12.10", eg with releaseVersionNumber as a var:
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      <br><code>$ git checkout releaseVersionNumber</code></li>
  <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <strong>branch release18.12 (stable)</strong>: <code>$ git clone https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-plugins.git ofbiz-plugins</code></li>
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                <p>Once you have downloaded the source code it will need to be built.</p>
    <h3>Building Release 18.12</h3>
    <p>To build 18.12 release, navigate to the OFBiz or framework-trunk directory and;</p>
    <p>Run the following command for Unix-like OS</p>
    <code>./gradlew cleanAll loadDefault</code><p></p>
    <p>Run the following command for MS Windows</p>
    <code>gradlew cleanAll loadDefault</code>
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    <h3>Building the Trunk</h3>
    <p>To build the trunk, navigate to the framework-trunk directory and;</p>
    <p>Run the following command for Unix-like OS</p>
    <code>./gradlew cleanAll loadAll</code><p></p>
    <p>Run the following command for MS Windows</p>
    <code>gradlew cleanAll loadAll</code>
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    <h3>Starting and Running 18.12 or the ofbiz-framework trunk</h3>
    <p>To start OFBiz running locally, navigate to the trunk directory and;</p>
    <p>Run the following command for Unix-like OS</p>
    <code>./gradlew ofbiz</code><p></p>
    <p>Run the following command for MS Windows</p>
    <code>gradlew ofbiz</code>
    <p></p>
    <p>To log into OFBiz, navigate with your browser to </p>
    <p><code><a href="https://localhost:8443/accounting">https://localhost:8443/accounting</a></code></p>
    <p>and login with username <strong>"admin" </strong>and password <strong>"ofbiz"</strong></p>
    <h3>Stopping OFBiz</h3>
    <p>To stop OFBiz running locally, open a command line terminal window and navigate to the OFBiz directory and;</p>
    <p>Run the following command for Unix-like OS</p>
    <code>./gradlew 'ofbiz --shutdown'</code><p></p>
    <p>Run the following command for MS Windows</p>
    <code>gradlew ofbiz --shutdown</code>
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        <strong>NOTE</strong>: That quotes are needed for the Unix based command. For further details and a full list of all available OFBiz Gradle commands, please take a look at the main
            <a href="//nightlies.apache.org/ofbiz/trunk/readme/html5/README.html" target="external"><strong>README file.</strong></a>
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            If you are an user migrating from a  version which uses Ant you might be interested by:
            <a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/From+Ant+to+Gradle+-+trunk+version" target="external"><strong>From Ant to Gradle</strong></a>
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                <p>You can browse the repository using any of the following links.</p>
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                   <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz-framework.git" target="external"><strong>ofbiz-framework on GitHub</strong></a></li>
        <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz-plugins.git" target="external"><strong>ofbiz-plugins on GitHub</strong></a></li>
        <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz-site.git" target="external"><strong>ofbiz-site on GitHub</strong></a></li>
        <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz-tools.git" target="external"><strong>ofbiz-tools on GitHub</strong></a></li>
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    <p>Our ofbiz-framework trunk and ofbiz-plugins trunk are also available on GitHub at the links below:</p>
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        <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework" target="external"><strong>ofbiz-framework trunk on Github</strong></a></li>
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                <p>To help you getting started we have put together a beginners OFBiz development tutorial to get familiar with with OFBiz.</p>
    <p>It covers the fundamentals of the OFBiz application development process. The goal of this tutorial is to acquaint a developer with best practices, coding conventions. the control flow and things that the developer needs to know in order to modify OFBiz</p>
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                  <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Tutorial+-+A+Beginners+Development+Guide" target="_blank"><strong>Developer Tutorial</strong></a></li>
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                <p>We have a range of technical documenentation and help for developers. Please see the links below.</p>
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                  <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Technical+Documentation" target="external"><strong>OFBiz Technical Documentation</strong></a></li>
        <li><i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="//cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo" target="external"><strong>Developer and Technical FAQs</strong></a></li>
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    <h3>OFBiz API Reference</h3>
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        <i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://nightlies.apache.org/ofbiz/stable/javadoc/" target="external"><strong>Stable release API</strong></a></li>
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      <li title="Next Release API">
        <i class="icon-pin"></i> <a href="https://nightlies.apache.org/ofbiz/next/javadoc/" target="external"><strong>Next release API</strong></a></li>
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    <p>After consulting the documentation you still have questions,please feel free to post questions on our development mailing list.</p>
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